Display method of terminal device and terminal device

ABSTRACT

A display method of a terminal device and a terminal device is provided. The display method of a terminal device includes: a framework layer sends a first touch point data; an application layer sends instruction information used to instruct to transfer slide drawing control rights to the framework layer and a generated display list to the framework layer after the application layer determines that the terminal device enters a sliding state according to acquired first touch point data; and the framework layer acquires second touch point data from a shared memory according to the instruction information, and draws an image according to the second touch point data and the display list. In this way, in an operation with repetitive image composition, the slide drawing control rights are transferred from an application module to a framework module, improving a response speed of a terminal system.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2014/078904, filed on May 30, 2014, which is hereby incorporatedby reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of electronictechnologies, and in particular, to a display method of a terminaldevice and a terminal device.

BACKGROUND

A native Android (Android) system includes a platformized hierarchicalstructure, and such a structure includes a hardware driver (kernel)layer, a framework (application framework) layer, an application(applications) layer, and the like. It may be understood that anadvantage of hierarchy is that content provided by a lower layer is usedto provide a unified service for an upper layer, a difference between acurrent layer and the lower layer is shielded, and the upper layer isnot affected when the current layer and the lower layer change. That is,each layer performs their own functions, and each layer provides a fixedservice access point (SAP). The hardware driver layer mainly connects tobottom-layer hardware and is used to report hardware feedbackinformation to the framework layer, where the feedback informationincludes a touch position, a size of a touch area, and the like; theframework layer is used to receive the hardware feedback informationreported by the hardware driver layer and process and encapsulate thehardware feedback information for invoking by the application layer. Forexample, the framework layer may determine, according to the receivedhardware feedback information, whether a user presses a home button, andreports the information to the application layer; the application layerperforms corresponding processing according to the information reportedby the framework layer, for example, performs an operation of opening ahome page according to home button pressing information reported by theframework layer.

In the prior art, a touch-display event includes the following process:First, a touchscreen driver at the hardware driver layer is run toacquire a touch event, where the touch event includes a touch position,a touch time, and the like; then the hardware driver layer reports touchevent information to the framework layer, and the framework layerprocesses and encapsulates the touch event information, including alocation and a time of the touch event, a type (including a finger downpoint, a finger move point, and a finger up point) of the touch event, asliding speed, an acceleration, and the like; afterward, the frameworklayer reports the processed information to the application layer, andthen, the application layer performs image data processing according tothe information, for example, performs an operation of displaying a newimage. Specifically, image processing at the application layer includesimage composition, image drawing, image layer composition, and the like.Finally, the application layer sends composed image data to a displaydriver at the hardware driver layer through the framework layer, andimage displaying is completed on a display (for example, a liquidcrystal display). This touch-display process involves layers ofprocessing and is an extremely fixed manner.

However, according to an existing display process, when an operation ofrepetitive image composition is being processed, each touch action needsto be reported from the driver layer to the application layer in alayer-by-layer manner and sent back to the driver layer in thelayer-by-layer manner after being processed at the application layer, tofinally complete displaying. This process may result in a large quantityof redundant processing operations and consume a large quantity ofsystem resources. The repetitive image composition mentioned hereinrefers to image composition in which most of multiple consecutive framesare repeatedly composed and only a small quantity of elements change.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display method of aterminal device and a terminal device to resolve a problem of excessiveredundant operations resulting in a long system response time, lowdisplay efficiency, and large power consumption when an existingterminal device is used to process an operation with repetitive imagecomposition in a touch-display procedure.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a display method of a terminal device, including:

-   -   sending, by a framework layer, first touch point data to an        application layer; and after the application layer determines,        according to the first touch point data, that the terminal        device enters a sliding state, sending instruction information        to the framework layer and sending a generated display list to        the framework layer, where the instruction information includes        information instructing to transfer slide drawing control rights        to the framework layer, and the first touch point data includes        second touch point data; and    -   acquiring, by the framework layer, the second touch point data        from a shared memory according to the instruction information,        and drawing an image according to the second touch point data        and the display list, where the second touch point data includes        position coordinates and time information that are of a touch        point.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the method further includes:

-   -   predicting, by the framework layer, a next position of a user        operation according to the second touch point data acquired from        the shared memory, and drawing a predicted image according to        data of the predicted position and the display list.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the method further includes:

-   -   stopping displaying the predicted image if the framework layer        learns, according to the second touch point data acquired from        the shared memory, that the user operation is an emergency stop        operation.

With reference to the first aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, or the second possible implementation mannerof the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, the method further includes:

-   -   sending, by a hardware driver layer, the second touch point data        to the shared memory after acquiring the second touch point        data.

With reference to the first aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, or the second possible implementation mannerof the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, the method further includes:

-   -   if a finger up state in the user operation is detected, sending,        to the application layer by the framework layer, instruction        information used to instruct to transfer the slide drawing        control rights to the application layer.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a terminal device, including:

-   -   a sending module, configured to: send, by a framework layer,        first touch point data to an application layer, and after the        application layer determines, according to the first touch point        data, that the terminal device enters a sliding state, send        instruction information to the framework layer and send a        generated display list to the framework layer, where the        instruction information includes information instructing to        transfer slide drawing control rights to the framework layer,        and the first touch point data includes second touch point data;        and    -   a processing module, configured to: acquire, by the framework        layer, the second touch point data from a shared memory        according to the instruction information, and draw an image        according to the second touch point data and the display list,        where the second touch point data includes position coordinates        and time information that are of a touch point.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, the processing module further includes apredicting unit, configured to: predict, by the framework layer, a nextposition of a user operation according to the touch point data acquiredfrom the shared memory, and draw a predicted image according to data ofthe predicted position and the display list.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect,the processing module further includes an emergency stop unit,configured to stop displaying the predicted image if the framework layerlearns, according to the second touch point data acquired from theshared memory, that the user operation is an emergency stop operation.

With reference to the second aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, or the second possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, in a third possible implementation mannerof the second aspect, the terminal device further includes an acquiringmodule, configured to send the second touch point data acquired by ahardware driver layer to the shared memory.

With reference to the second aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, or the second possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, in a fourth possible implementation mannerof the second aspect, the processing module is further configured to:

-   -   if a finger up state in the user operation is detected, send, to        the application layer by the framework layer, instruction        information used to instruct to transfer the slide drawing        control rights to the application layer.

According to the display method of a terminal device and the terminaldevice provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, aframework layer sends touch point data; after determining, according toacquired first touch point data, that the terminal device enters asliding state, the application layer sends, to the framework layer,instruction information used to instruct to transfer slide drawingcontrol rights to the framework layer and sends a generated display listto the framework layer; the framework layer acquires second touch pointdata from a shared memory according to the instruction information, anddraws an image according to the second touch point data and the displaylist. In this way, in an operation with repetitive image composition,the slide drawing control rights are transferred from the applicationlayer to the framework layer, and the framework layer that is closer tobottom-layer hardware than the application layer draws the image (thatis, drawing an image near a screen), thereby optimizing a display pathof the terminal device, improving a response speed of a system of theterminal device, and reducing power consumption of the terminal device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure or in the prior art more clearly, the following brieflyintroduces the accompanying drawings required for describing theembodiments or the prior art. Apparently, the accompanying drawings inthe following description show some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, and persons of ordinary skill in the art may still deriveother drawings from these accompanying drawings without creativeefforts.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a display method of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of Embodiment 2 of a display method of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of Embodiment 3 of a display method of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 3 of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure; and

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 4 of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of theembodiments of the present disclosure clearer, the following clearly andcompletely describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings in theembodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the describedembodiments are some but not all of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure. All other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skillin the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure withoutcreative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the presentdisclosure.

A terminal device described in the embodiments of the present disclosureincludes a terminal, a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, alaptop computer, and the like.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a display method of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, themethod in this embodiment may include:

Step 101: A framework layer sends first touch point data to anapplication layer; and after determining, according to the first touchpoint data, that the terminal device enters a sliding state, theapplication layer sends instruction information to the framework layerand sends a generated display list to the framework layer, where theinstruction information includes information instructing to transferslide drawing control rights to the framework layer.

Touch point data sent by a hardware driver layer and received by theframework layer includes position coordinates, time information, and thelike of a touch point, where the position coordinates may be ahorizontal coordinate and a vertical coordinate of a position in whichthe touch point is located. After the framework layer receives the touchpoint data, a corresponding algorithm may be set at the framework layerof the terminal device for acquiring, according to the positioncoordinates and the time information that are of the touch point, ahorizontal coordinate speed and a vertical coordinate speed of the touchpoint, an acceleration in a corresponding direction, whether the touchpoint is a finger down point (down), a finger move point (move), or afinger up point (up), or other information. The first touch point datais obtained after the foregoing processing, where the first touch pointdata includes the position coordinates and the time information that areof the touch point and further includes the horizontal and verticalcoordinate speed of the touch point, the acceleration in thecorresponding direction, touch point state information (the finger downpoint, the finger move point, or the finger up point), and otherinformation that are acquired according to the corresponding algorithmthat is set at the framework layer. The first touch point data is sentto the application layer, that is, touch point data sent by theframework layer to the application layer is the first touch point dataobtained after the corresponding processing. Second touch point data istouch point data stored in a shared memory, and the second touch pointdata includes the position coordinates and the time information that areof the touch point. Therefore, the first touch point data includes thesecond touch point data, that is, the second touch point data is asubset of the first touch point data.

Determining, by the application layer according to the first touch pointdata sent by the framework layer, whether the terminal device enters thesliding state includes: learning, according to a preset rule model oftouch point data and according to a regularity characteristic of touchpoint data and a corresponding mode of operating the terminal device bya user that are stored in the rule model, whether the terminal deviceenters the sliding state. Optionally, within a preset time (for example,0.1 second or 0.05 second), if coordinates of multiple touch pointsshift within a preset range (for example, coordinates of a touch pointshift from the bottom of a screen to the middle of the screen, orcoordinates of a touch point shift from the left of the screen to theright of the screen), it is determined that the terminal device entersthe sliding state. It may be understood that the terminal device entersthe sliding state by means of a sliding gesture of pinch and stretch,horizontal, vertical, and oblique sliding gestures, and the like thatare of the user. It may be understood that when obtaining data of asingle touch point, the application layer may not consider that theterminal device enters the sliding state.

In the prior art, an application layer always draws an image accordingto touch point data and a display list, and sends the drawn image to aframework layer for display. Display processing is still performedaccording to the foregoing method even in repetitive image composition.Especially when a user operation is in a sliding state, a case ofrepetitive image composition is particularly common. For example, inleft and right sliding operations on a desktop, content on left andright screens does not change in terms of image composition. In thisembodiment, however, if the terminal device enters the sliding state,the instruction information and the generated display list are sent tothe framework layer, where the instruction information is used toinstruct to transfer the slide drawing control rights from theapplication layer to the framework layer, that is, the framework layercompletes, according to the instruction information, image drawing afterthe terminal device enters the sliding state, and the display listincludes content information of each component forming an image that isfinally displayed on the terminal device. For example, left and rightsliding is performed on a home screen of the terminal device, and thehome screen includes multiple application icons and a home screenbackground image. Correspondingly, when acquiring touch point datacorresponding to the left and right sliding, the application layerdetermines, according to the touch point data, that the terminal deviceis in the sliding state, and the application layer generates a displaylist and sends the display list to the framework layer, where thedisplay list in this case includes the application icons and the homescreen background.

Step 102: The framework layer acquires second touch point data from ashared memory according to the instruction information, and draws animage according to the second touch point data and the display list.

A hardware driver layer of an android system includes a shared memorydriver, and the framework layer may obtain data in the shared memory byrunning the shared memory driver.

The framework layer acquires the second touch point data from the sharedmemory according to the instruction information, thereby implementingactive acquiring of the touch point data for image drawing, to improvesensitivity of the terminal device. The shared memory stores data ofmultiple touch point corresponding to a user operation, for directacquiring by the framework layer.

Optionally, the framework layer predicts a next position of the useroperation according to the second touch point data acquired from theshared memory, and draws a predicted image according to data of thepredicted position and the display list to improve a response speed ofthe terminal device. Predicting the next position of the user operationaccording to the acquired second touch point data may be specifically:first acquiring time of a former vertical synchronization signal(v-sync) on the terminal device, then calculating, according to currenttime, time when a next vertical synchronization signal arrives, andpredicting the next position of the user operation according to theposition information, the time information, and the like in the secondtouch point data.

Optionally, when the framework layer draws the predicted image accordingto the data of the predicted position and the display list, theframework layer determines, according to the second touch point dataacquired from the shared memory, whether the user operation is anemergency stop operation, where the emergency stop operation means thatthe user stops a sliding operation on the terminal device but a fingerdoes not leave a touchscreen of the terminal device, that is, theterminal device can still detect touch point data in this case. Acorresponding algorithm may be set on the terminal device to determine,according to the touch point data, whether the user operation is theemergency stop operation. If the framework layer learns, according tothe second touch point data acquired from the shared memory, that theuser operation is the emergency stop operation, display of the predictedimage is stopped to prevent the predicted image from going beyond anactual user operation.

In the foregoing steps, the application layer may acquire the firsttouch point data corresponding to the user operation and perform slidingstate determining according to the acquired first touch point data, andthe framework layer draws the image according to the informationinstructing to transfer the slide drawing control rights and accordingto the display list and the second touch point data acquired from theshared memory. Specific implementation processes of acquiring, by theapplication layer, the first touch point data and acquiring, by theframework layer, the second touch point data are as follows: Afteracquiring touch point data corresponding to the user operation, thehardware driver layer of the terminal device sends the touch point datato the application layer through the framework layer, and further storesthe touch point data in the shared memory so that the framework layerdirectly acquires the touch point data, that is, the first touch pointdata is touch point data obtained after the framework layer processesthe touch point data acquired from the hardware driver layer, and thesecond touch point data includes the touch point data acquired by thehardware driver layer and touch point data that is obtained by directlystoring the touch point data acquired by the hardware driver layer tothe shared memory.

Further, when the user stops the sliding operation and the terminaldevice does not display repetitive image composition, that is, when theterminal device needs a new display list, the framework layer acquiresthe second touch point data from the shared memory, and detects a stateof the user operation according to the second touch point data. If afinger up state in the user operation is detected, the framework layersends, to the application layer, instruction information used toinstruct to transfer the slide drawing control rights to the applicationlayer, thereby restoring a display procedure in the prior art.Optionally, a corresponding algorithm is set according to informationthat an area of the touch point decreases, a position of the touch pointapproximates to an edge, and the like, for determining whether the useroperation is in the finger up state.

In this embodiment, after determining, according to acquired first touchpoint data, that a terminal device enters a sliding state, anapplication layer sends, to a framework layer, instruction informationused to instruct to transfer slide drawing control rights to theframework layer, and sends a generated display list to the frameworklayer. The framework layer acquires second touch point data from ashared memory according to the instruction information, and draws animage according to the second touch point data and the display list. Inthis way, in an operation with repetitive image composition, the slidedrawing control rights are transferred from the application layer to theframework layer, and the framework layer that is closer to bottom-layerhardware than the application layer draws the image (that is, drawing animage near a screen), thereby optimizing a display path of the terminaldevice, improving a response speed of a system of the terminal device,and reducing power consumption of the terminal device.

The following describes, in detail by using two specific embodiments,the technical solution in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of Embodiment 2 of a display method of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2, themethod in this embodiment may include:

S201. Acquire touch point data corresponding to a touch event.

An input apparatus, such as a touchscreen, of a terminal device detectsthe touch event of a user, a hardware driver layer runs a touchscreendriver to transform the touch event into machine-readable touch pointdata and sends the touch point data to an application layer through aframework layer and to a shared memory. The shared memory saves thetouch point data.

S202. An application layer determines whether the touch event is in asliding state; and if the touch event is in the sliding state, performS203, or if the touch event is not in the sliding state, perform S206.

Specifically, the application layer determines, according to acquiredtouch point data corresponding to a user operation, whether the terminaldevice enters the sliding state. S203. The application layer sends, to aframework layer, instruction information used to instruct to transferslide drawing control rights to the framework layer, and sends agenerated display list to the framework layer.

Optionally, step S204 is further included, where in step S2014, theframework layer determines whether the slide drawing control rights aretransferred; and if the sliding drawing control rights are transferred,perform S205, or if the sliding drawing control rights are nottransferred, perform S206.

Specifically, the framework layer receives the instruction informationused to instruct to transfer the slide drawing control rights to theframework layer and sent by the application layer, and the display listgenerated by the application layer. The framework layer performsscenario identification according to the foregoing information toidentify whether the slide drawing control rights are transferred, thatis, determine whether the application layer learns, by means ofdetermining and according to the acquired touch point data correspondingto the user operation, that the terminal device enters the slidingstate; if the application layer learns that the terminal device entersthe sliding state, the application layer is used to draw an image, or ifthe application layer learns that the terminal device does not enter thesliding state, processing is performed according to a normal imagedrawing procedure in the prior art.

S205: The framework layer acquires touch point data from a shared memoryaccording to the instruction information, and draws an image accordingto the touch point data and the display list.

Specifically, when the terminal device enters the sliding state and theapplication layer transfers the slide drawing control rights to theframework layer, the drawn image does not need to be displayed after thehardware driver layer sends the touch point data to the applicationlayer through the framework layer and then the application layer drawsthe image and sends the image to the framework layer; instead, theframework layer directly acquires the touch point data from the sharedmemory, and the framework layer draws the image according to the touchpoint data and the display list.

S206. The application layer draws an image according to a display listand touch point data acquired from a framework layer.

S207. Display the drawn image.

A display driver is run to transform a drawn predicted image into thedrawn image and display the drawn image on a display.

In this embodiment, a hardware driver layer of a terminal deviceacquires touch point data corresponding to a user operation. Anapplication layer determines, according to the touch point data, whetherthe terminal device enters a sliding state, and if the terminal deviceenters the sliding state, sends, to a framework layer, instructioninformation used to instruct to transfer slide drawing control rights tothe framework layer and a display list generated by the applicationlayer. After receiving the foregoing information, the framework layerfurther determines whether the slide drawing control rights aretransferred; if the sliding drawing control rights are transferred, theframework layer directly acquires touch point data from a shared memory,draws an image according to the touch point data and the display list,and the image is displayed. In this way, in an operation with repetitiveimage composition, the slide drawing control rights are transferred fromthe application layer to the framework layer, and the framework layerdraws the image, thereby optimizing a display path of the terminaldevice, improving a response speed of a system of the terminal device,and reducing power consumption of the terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of Embodiment 3 of a display method of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3, adifference between this embodiment and the embodiment shown in FIG. 2lies in that a framework layer draws a predicted image according totouch point data and a display list. The method in this embodiment mayinclude:

S301. Acquire touch point data corresponding to a touch event.

S302. An application layer determines whether the touch event is in asliding state; and if the touch event is in the sliding state, performS303, or if the touch event is not in the sliding state, perform S310.

S303. The application layer sends, to a framework layer, instructioninformation used to instruct to transfer slide drawing control rights tothe framework layer, and sends a generated display list to the frameworklayer.

Optionally, S304 is included, where in S304, the framework layerdetermines whether the slide drawing control rights are transferred; andif the sliding drawing control rights are transferred, perform S405, orif the sliding drawing control rights are not transferred, perform S310.

S305. The framework layer determines, according to touch point dataacquired from a shared memory, whether a user operation is an emergencystop operation; and if the user operation is not the emergency stopoperation, perform S306, or if the user operation is the emergency stopoperation, perform S308.

Whether the user operation is the emergency stop operation is learned bymeans of determining according to the touch point data and a preset rulemodel of touch point data. The rule model of touch point data stores acharacteristic of the touch point data and a user operationcorresponding to the touch point data.

S306. The framework layer predicts a next position of the user operationaccording to the touch point data acquired from the shared memory, anddraws a predicted image according to data of the predicted position andthe display list.

The next position of the user operation is predicted by using theacquired touch point data and according to a predictive algorithm, andthe predicted image is drawn, thereby improving a response speed andsensitivity of the terminal device.

S307. Display the drawn image.

A display driver is run to transform the drawn predicted image into thedrawn image and display the drawn image on a display.

S308. Immediately stop displaying a drawn predicted image.

When it is determined that the user operation is the emergency stopoperation, the predicted image to be displayed on the terminal device isstopped immediately to prevent the predicted image from going beyond anactual user operation.

S309. If the framework layer detects a finger up state of the useroperation, the framework layer sends, to the application layer,instruction information used to instruct to transfer the slide drawingcontrol rights to the application layer.

That is, when the framework layer identifies the finger up state of theuser operation, the application layer controls an inertial movementprocess after touching up and draws an image by using a normalprocedure.

S310. The application layer draws an image according to a display listand touch point data acquired from a framework layer.

A specific implementation process of S301 to S304 is the same as S201 toS204 in Embodiment 2, and details are not described herein again.

In this embodiment, based on Embodiment 2, when a framework layerlearns, by means of determining, that slide drawing control rights aretransferred downwards, the framework layer predicts a next position of auser operation according to touch point data acquired from a sharedmemory, and draws a predicted image according to data of the predicatedposition and a display list. A display layer of a terminal devicedisplays the drawn predicted image. In this way, when the user operationarrives at the next position, an image corresponding to the useroperation can be displayed directly, thereby improving a response speedand sensitivity of the terminal device. When the framework layerdetermines, according to the touch point data acquired from the sharedmemory, that the user operation is an emergency stop operation, displayof the predicted image is immediately stopped to prevent the predictedimage from going beyond an actual user operation and resolve asensitivity problem of a sliding effect in an operating system of theterminal device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4, theapparatus in this embodiment may include: a sending module 11 and aprocessing module 12, where the sending module 11 is configured to: sendfirst touch point data from a framework layer to an application layer;and after the application layer determines, according to the first touchpoint data, that the terminal device enters a sliding state, sendinstruction information to the framework layer and send a generateddisplay list to the framework layer, where the instruction informationincludes information instructing to transfer slide drawing controlrights to the framework layer, and the first touch point data includessecond touch point data; the processing module 12 is configured to:acquire, by the framework layer, the second touch point data from ashared memory according to the instruction information, and draw animage according to the second touch point data and the display list,where the first touch point data includes position coordinates and timeinformation that are of a touch point.

The apparatus in this embodiment may be used to perform the technicalsolution in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and implementationprinciples and technical effects of the apparatus are similar to thoseof the method and are not described herein again.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, theapparatus in this embodiment is based on a structure of the apparatusshown in FIG. 4. Further, the processing module 12 may include apredicting unit 121, configured to predict, by the framework layer, anext position of a user operation according to the touch point dataacquired from the shared memory, and draw a predicted image according todata of the predicted position and the display list.

The apparatus in this embodiment may be used to perform the technicalsolution in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and implementationprinciples and technical effects of the apparatus are similar to thoseof the method and are not described herein again.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 3 of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 6, theapparatus in this embodiment is based on a structure of the apparatusshown in FIG. 5. Further, the processing module 12 may include anemergency stop unit 122, configured to stop displaying the predictedimage if the framework layer learns, according to the second touch pointdata acquired from the shared memory, that the user operation is anemergency stop operation.

The apparatus in this embodiment may be used to perform the technicalsolution in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and implementationprinciples and technical effects of the apparatus are similar to thoseof the method and are not described herein again.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 4 of a terminaldevice according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7, theapparatus in this embodiment is based on structures of the apparatusesshown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6. The foregoing terminal device mayfurther include an acquiring module 13 shown in FIG. 7, configured tosend the second touch point data acquired by a hardware driver layer tothe shared memory.

The apparatus in this embodiment may be used to perform the technicalsolution in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and implementationprinciples and technical effects of the apparatus are similar to thoseof the method and are not described herein again.

Based on the embodiments shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 7, the processingmodule 12 is further configured to: if a finger up state in the useroperation is detected, send, to the application layer by the frameworklayer, instruction information used to instruct to transfer the slidedrawing control rights to the application layer.

The apparatus in this embodiment may be used to perform the technicalsolution in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and implementationprinciples and technical effects of the apparatus are similar to thoseof the method and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present disclosure, it shouldbe understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implementedin other manners. For example, the described apparatus embodiment ismerely exemplary. For example, the unit division is merely logicalfunction division and may be other division in actual implementation.For example, a plurality of units or components may be combined orintegrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or notperformed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplings ordirect couplings or communication connections may be implemented byusing some interfaces. The indirect couplings or communicationconnections between the apparatuses or units may be implemented inelectronic, mechanical, or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,may be located in one position, or may be distributed on a plurality ofnetwork units. Some or all of the units may be selected according toactual needs to achieve the objectives of the solutions of theembodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of theunits may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integratedinto one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in a form ofhardware, or may be implemented in a form of hardware in addition to asoftware functional unit.

When the foregoing integrated unit is implemented in a form of asoftware functional unit, the integrated unit may be stored in acomputer-readable storage medium. The software functional unit is storedin a storage medium and includes several instructions for instructing acomputer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or anetwork device) or a processor to perform some of the steps of themethods described in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Theforegoing storage medium includes: any medium that can store programcode, such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, a read-onlymemory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or anoptical disc.

It may be clearly understood by persons skilled in the art that, for thepurpose of convenient and brief description, division of the foregoingfunctional modules is taken as an example for illustration. In actualapplication, the foregoing functions can be allocated to differentfunctional modules and implemented according to a requirement, that is,an inner structure of an apparatus is divided into different functionalmodules to implement all or some of the functions described above. For adetailed working process of the foregoing apparatus, reference may bemade to a corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, anddetails are not described herein again.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merelyintended for describing the technical solutions of the presentdisclosure, but not for limiting the present disclosure. Although thepresent disclosure is described in detail with reference to theforegoing embodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art shouldunderstand that they may still make modifications to the technicalsolutions described in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalentreplacements to some or all technical features thereof, withoutdeparting from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodimentsof the present disclosure.

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 11. A method used in a terminal device for imagedisplay, comprising: sending, by a framework layer in an operatingsystem, first data for a touch point to an application layer in theoperating system, the first data including a second data of positioncoordinates and time information of the touch point; determining, by theapplication layer, according to the first data, that the terminal deviceenters a sliding state, sending, by the application layer, instructioninformation and a generated display list to the framework layer, whereinthe instruction information instructs to transfer slide drawing controlrights to the framework layer; acquiring, by the framework layer, thesecond data from a shared memory according to the instructioninformation; and generating, by the framework layer, an image accordingto the second data and the display list.
 12. The method according toclaim 11, wherein the method further comprises: predicting, by theframework layer, a next position of a user operation according to thesecond data acquired from the shared memory; and generating a predictedimage according to the predicted next position and the display list. 13.The method according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:stopping to display the predicted image when the framework layerdetermines, according to the second data acquired from the sharedmemory, that the user operation is an emergency stop operation.
 14. Themethod according to claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:sending, by a hardware driver layer, the second data to the sharedmemory after acquiring the second data.
 15. The method according toclaim 11, wherein the method further comprises: when a finger up statein the user operation is detected, sending, to the application layer bythe framework layer, instruction information to transfer the slidedrawing control rights to the application layer.
 16. A terminal device,comprising: a machine-readable storage medium storing softwareinstructions of an operating system having a layer hierarchy; and aprocessor configured to execute the software instructions to: send, by aframework layer in the layer hierarchy, first data for a touch point toan application layer in the layer hierarchy, the first data including asecond data of position coordinates and time information of the touchpoint; determine, by the application layer, according to the first data,that the terminal device enters a sliding state; send instructioninformation and a generated display list to the framework layer, whereinthe instruction information comprises information to instructtransferring slide drawing control rights to the framework layer;acquire, by the framework layer, the second data from a shared memoryaccording to the instruction information; and generate an imageaccording to the second data and the display list.
 17. The terminaldevice according to claim 16, wherein the processor is configured toexecute the software instructions to: predict, by the framework layer, anext position of a user operation according to the second data acquiredfrom the shared memory; and generate a predicted image according to thepredicted next position and the display list.
 18. The terminal deviceaccording to claim 17, wherein the processor is configured to executethe software instructions to: stop to display the predicted image whenthe framework layer determines, according to the second data acquiredfrom the shared memory, that the user operation is an emergency stopoperation.
 19. The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein theprocessor is configured to execute the software instructions to: send,by a hardware driver layer in the layer hierarchy, the second data tothe shared memory after acquiring the second data.
 20. The terminaldevice according to claim 16, wherein the processor is configured toexecute the software instructions to: send, to the application layer bythe framework layer, instruction information to transfer the slidedrawing control rights to the application layer when a finger up statein the user operation is detected.
 21. A non-transitory computerreadable medium storing program instructions of an operating system forcausing a processor in a terminal device to execute operations for imagedisplay, the operations comprising: sending, by a framework layer in theoperating system, first data for a touch point to an application layerin the operating system, the first data including a second data ofposition coordinates and time information of the touch point;determining, by the application layer, according to the first data, thatthe terminal device enters a sliding state, sending, by the applicationlayer, instruction information and a generated display list to theframework layer, wherein the instruction information instructs totransfer slide drawing control rights to the framework layer; acquiring,by the framework layer, the second data from a shared memory accordingto the instruction information; and generating, by the framework layer,an image according to the second data and the display list.
 22. Thenon-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 21, whereinthe operations further comprise: predicting, by the framework layer, anext position of a user operation according to the second data acquiredfrom the shared memory; and generating a predicted image according tothe predicted next position and the display list.
 23. The non-transitorycomputer readable medium according to claim 22, wherein the operationsfurther comprise: stopping to display the predicted image when theframework layer determines, according to the second data acquired fromthe shared memory, that the user operation is an emergency stopoperation.
 24. The non-transitory computer readable medium according toclaim 21, wherein the operations further comprise: sending, by ahardware driver layer, the second data to the shared memory afteracquiring the second data.
 25. The non-transitory computer readablemedium according to claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise:when a finger up state in the user operation is detected, sending, tothe application layer by the framework layer, instruction information totransfer the slide drawing control rights to the application layer.